Cigar-tip.



H. N". HEMPSTEAD. CIGAR TIP.

APPLICATION FILED NHL 19 IBIS-- 1,209,292. Patented Dec. 19,1916.

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HARRY N. HEMPSTEAD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CIGAR-TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed March 19, 1913. Serial No. 755,321.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY N. I-InMPsrEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, Marion county, and State of Indiana,have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements inCigar- Tips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar tip closures and its object is to providea removable tip forming member for a cigar which shall afford a closedend for the cigar, which may be removed so as to open a draft hole intothe filler, without the necessity of cutting or biting off the end, andwhich may be utilized to receive the imprint or representation of atrade-mark or advertising matter.

WVith these ends in view, my invention is embodied in preferable form inthe device hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a section through a cigar showing myinvention applied thereto, Fig. 2, a detail end view of the head of thedevice shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a detail view of the other end of device;Figs. 4 and 5 detail side and end views of a closure having a modifiedform of shank; Figs. 6 and 7, detail side and end views of a closure ofanother modified form of shank; Figs. 8 and 9, detail side and end viewsof still another form.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a cigar. The closure tip or plugis preferably of wood, paper or papier-mach and comprises asubstantially conical head, 2, shaped to conform to the cigar tocomplete the tapered end portion thereof. The plug has a shank 3 adaptedto extend within the filler and around which the wrapper of the cigar iswrapped so as to cover the shank and to hold the closure in place. Whenin place, the shank extends within the cigar body and is tightly heldthereby while the head 2 abuts against the end of the cigar andclosesthe end thereof. The shank thus forms a core about which the cigar isformed at its tip end, and the head of the plug forms the tip or end ofthe cigar which is of the ordinary shape or contour.

When the closure is removed, an entrance into the filler through thewrapper is provided which will afford means of draft through the cigar.The removal of the closure also leaves the end of the cigar square withthe edges of the leaves of the tobacco exposed the same as when anordinary cigar is cut off at this end. The necessity of cutting orbiting old the end of the cigar is thus obviated.

The plug provides a convenient means for the imprint of a trademark, thename of the manufacturer or advertising matter, thereby enabling theordinary paper band to be dispensed with.

In Figs. 4 and 5, a form of closure is illustrated in which the shank istapered, the reduction being toward the inner end of the shank. In Figs.6 and 7, a closure with the shank tapered in a direction opposite tothat shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is illustrated. In Figs. 8 and 9, the shankis in the form of a screw.

It is clear that any of the various forms of shanks illustrated orsimilar forms capable of enabling the wrapper to be tightly engagedtherewith, may be utilized in the employment of my invention, withoutdeparting from the principle thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A removable cigar tip adapted to be separably embodied in the body ofthe cigar and comprising a conical head shaped to conform to the contourat the head of the cigar and when in use to complete and finish out saidhead and having a centrally disposed shank adapted to extend into thecigar and to be retained therein by fric tional contact only, theshoulder between the shank and the head of said tip being asubstantially straight face which when in use is adapted to abut closelyagainst a correspondingly formed straight face on the end of the cigar,whereby the end of the cigar is closed and protected and at the sametime a central perforation therein is formed when the tip is removed,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 12th day of March, A. D. nineteen hundredand thirteen.

HARRY N. HEMPSTEAD. [L.S.]

Witnesses:

A. G. Bron, H. P. DOOLIT'ILE.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

